► Not every show is the exact same, but the performances leading up to the encore are very similar from night to night. Don't expect a lot of variation in the first hour and a half of the show.

► The encore is where things get interesting. Fans who have attended past shows on the tour say Brooks looks into the crowd at signs for suggestions on what to play. This is the 'unscripted' part of the show, where he has played songs from Billy Joel ("Piano Man"), to Bob Dylan ("Make You Feel My Love"), Bob Seger ("Night Moves") and Don McLean ("American Pie") and more. This encore set has ranged anywhere between 8-13 songs.

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Country star Garth Brooks is slated to perform in Sioux Falls with Trisha Yearwood in September.
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► On days when there are two shows, the first show likely won't go as long as the second, which means a shorter encore.

► What's the opener? "Baby, Let's Lay Down and Dance," the first single off his 2016 album Gunslinger.

► After that, these songs have been standard of the first set: "Rodeo," "Two of a Kind, Working' on a Full House (Dennis Robbins cover)," "The River," "Two Pina Coladas," "Papa Loved Mama," "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)," "Unanswered Prayers," "That Summer," "Ask Me How I Know," and "The Thunder Rolls."

► The "first set" closes with a duet between Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, "In Another's Eyes."

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A worker installs a Garth Brooks sign on a pillar at the Denny Sanford Premier Center on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Brooks will play nine sold-out concerts in six days at the venue starting on Friday.
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A worker installs a Garth Brooks sign on a pillar at the Denny Sanford Premier Center on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Brooks will play nine sold-out concerts in six days at the venue starting on Friday.
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A Garth Brooks sign on the stairs at the Denny Sanford Premier Center on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Brooks will play nine sold-out concerts in six days at the venue starting on Friday.
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A Garth Brooks sign backstage at the Denny Sanford Premier Center on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Brooks will play nine sold-out concerts in six days at the venue starting on Friday.
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A worker installs a Garth Brooks sign on a pillar at the Denny Sanford Premier Center on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Brooks will play nine sold-out concerts in six days at the venue starting on Friday.
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